A safety-net antibiotic prescription for otitis media: The effects of a PBRN study on patients and practitioners

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-524

  Siegel, Robert M ^a   Bien, James ^a   Lichtenstein, Philip ^a   Davis, James ^a   Khoury, Jane C ^a,b   Knight, Jamie E ^a   Kiely, Michele ^c   Bernier, Jeralyn ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE BASED RESEARCH NETWORK; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33747518332     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806290567     Document Type: Review

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